Guard Pass

Lunchtime class:

Focus was on opening the guard.

1. Knees in butt

• Hands in armpits and work to stand up
• Put knees in butt cheeks and begin to squat
• Move hands from pits ribs and eventually waist
• Push waist down to eventually open guard
• Once open, one leg in and one out.

2. Knees in butt variation

• Same as #1, however opponent has strong lets and keeps guard closed
• One arm reach to opposite shoulder and use elbow to pry guard open.
• Difficult for opponent to triangle, however be sure to remain standing and watch your arms

3. Wrist wrapper

• Secure one of your opponent's wrist and lock them on their waist
• Begin to wrap their wrist (thumb to thumb)
• Stand up, start on side that wrist is broken down on
• Knee in cheek and open guard

Rolled before class to warm up. Rolled w/ Ken and Matt. Some notes:

• Might want to re-think half guard (z-guard) transition to x-guard / deep half guard. May want to transition first to half butterfly, then to x-guard / deep half guard. Get hips open then slide leg in.
• Was having problems using my hips to pull them on top of me from half guard (z-guard). Mike suggested working to half butterfly first, then transition or pull them first then push them.
• Be sure when using the gable grip to yank leg.